LONDON, England—There are more positive signs that current-generation transcatheter valves, originally designed to treat tricuspid aortic stenosis (AS), do just fine in the setting of bicuspid disease ...

Consider a complicated machine with hundreds of intricate pieces, each of which performs a specific function that permits the machine to run smoothly. Now, imagine this machine to be the human body, ...

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In order to understand tricuspid regurgitation, it helps to understand the basic anatomy of your heart. Your heart is divided into four sections called chambers. The upper chambers are the left atrium ...

Heart valves allow blood to flow one way and prevent it from flowing in the wrong direction. The tricuspid valve controls blood flow between the right atrium and right ventricle. The bicuspid or ...

With the introduction of percutaneous options, the role of surgery in the repair of dysfunctional tricuspid valves is being reevaluated in an effort to reduce the risk for end-stage disease. In the ...

What Is Heart Valve Disease? Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves don't work the way they should. Your heart has four valves: pulmonary, tricuspid, aortic, and mitral. Your ...

If you have severe tricuspid valve regurgitation, doctors may recommend repair or replacement surgery. The tricuspid valve is one of four valves in your heart’s four chambers. It’s on the right side ...

The valves consist of flaps that open to let blood flow in one direction as it moves through the chambers of the heart. Then the valves close to keep blood from flowing backwards into the chamber it ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new device from Abbott meant to treat tricuspid heart valve disease — an expected decision after an outside advisory panel voted that the device’s benefits ...

Tricuspid valve regurgitation is leaking from your lower heart chamber (ventricle) to your upper heart chamber (atrium) on the right side of your heart. Typically, your tricuspid valve opens and ...

Tricuspid regurgitation develops when the tricuspid valve between the right atrium and right ventricle does not close properly. The tricuspid valve controls the blood flow from the right atrium to the ...